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Association policy lead to join Treasury

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 15 AUG 2019
The head of policy at a major industry association has taken a new role with Federal Treasury. Jordan George has been the head of policy at the SMSF Association for seven and a half years. The SMSFA confirmed to Financial Standard that George will step ...

ATO warns of SMSF concentration risk

KRISTI CHENG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 AUG 2019
The Australian Tax Office is set to contact tens of thousands of SMSFs warning of the risks of being too concentrated. The ATO announced it will be contacting around 17,700 SMSF trustees and auditors at the end of the month who they suspect may be holding ...

Zurich inks exclusive retail distribution deal

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 13 AUG 2019
A Sydney small caps boutique has signed an exclusive retail distribution agreement with Zurich Investments and has also won the mandate to manage Zurich's $60 million small companies fund. Zurich Investments will now be the sole distributor of the ...

Fidante loses $3.9bn of super fund assets

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 13 AUG 2019
Challenger subsidiary Fidante has lost $3.9 billion in funds under management at the expense of superannuation funds increasingly internalising their investment strategies. In releasing its June financial year results this morning, Challenger flagged ...

New distribution head for listed platform

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 12 AUG 2019
Xplore Wealth announced the appointment of a new head of distribution and marketing. Anne Hamieh steps into the role, which has been empty since Tony Nejasmic departed for Lonsec in June. Hamieh was most recently intermediary sales manager at Vanguard ...

ASIC fines Finclear $70,000

KRISTI CHENG, KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2019
Finclear Execution has paid a penalty of $70,000 for failing to comply with on-market buy-back rules. The Markets Disciplinary Panel (MDP) found Finclear contravened market integrity rules in relation to a pre-arranged crossing in April 2018 for an ...

Rural FM dupes investors: Short-seller

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2019
An activist short-seller has valued Rural Funds Management's agricultural fund as "ultimately worthless," alleging it is falsifying accounts and over-inflating assets. Bonitas is accusing RFM, the responsible entity for ASX-listed Rural Funds Group ...

Why do we need royal commissions, Hayne asks

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 8 AUG 2019
In his first public speech since the Royal Commission's final report in February, Kenneth Hayne mulled why Australians are calling for more royal commissions and what it says about our democracy. "The increasingly frequent calls for Royal Commissions ...

AMP profits dive, chief pay restructured

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 8 AUG 2019
Reporting a 50% drop in wealth management profits, AMP conceded chief executive Francesco De Ferrari's remuneration will have to be reconsidered in light of share price tumbles. The group reported an underlying profit of $309 million for the first half ...

AMP announces new strategy, capital raise

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 8 AUG 2019
AMP has announced a range of initiatives aimed to reposition it for the future, including a $650 million capital raise to reinvent its wealth management offering. Releasing its 1H19 results today, AMP has launched a $650 million capital raise to fund ...